My clutch pedal was starting to squeak and I found a chunk of the plastic bushing on the floor. I replaced that bushing a few years ago when I had the entire pedal mounting bracket out to rebuild it & put in roller bearings. You can see where the spring had worn a groove in the pedal arm as it was when I got the car. There was no way I was taking all that out again to replace that bushing, and the spring to help make pushing the pedal easier is impossible to remove without doing that all over again. I did a bunch of research, and found that many guys just remove that spring, especially if they've installed a diaphragm clutch (I did) instead of the original 3 finger unit, which is much harder on the leg. So I cut it with a cutoff wheel and got rid of it and the bushing too. Look at the size of that thing: Took it for a test drive and it works perfectly without the spring. So now the clutch diaphragm springs are what pushes the pedal back, and there’s no second spring in the system. Plus some weight reduction for extra speed!
It should be fine as long as the arm is not constantly "riding" on the throwout bearing. Even if you had to add a small spring to hold the pedal up, unless there's already one from the factory. You hot rodders are all the same
Yep, there's a factory retracting spring attached to the fork up to the front of the frame. And you should talk mister PMR
And if you listen closely, you can hear it shift ALL 3 gears. Thank you, and yes, it's "decent" Lifting at the top of the hill was interesting - I didn't know the road had a turn there
